{"id":89984,"date":"2025-10-16T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=89984"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:10:12","slug":"retail-investors-increase-bitcoin-purchases-as-whales-reduce-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/retail-investors-increase-bitcoin-purchases-as-whales-reduce-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail Investors Increase Bitcoin Purchases as Whales Reduce Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small and medium-sized holders of the leading cryptocurrency have intensified their accumulation of coins following <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/black-saturday-11-october-what-happened\">the recent market correction<\/a>. Meanwhile, large investors have reduced their sales volumes, according to Glassnode.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"glassnode\/1338\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Analysts observed significant accumulation among investors with balances ranging from 1 to 1000 BTC. They believe this indicates growing confidence among retail and medium-sized players.<\/p>\n<p>Large holders\u2014those owning more than 1000 BTC\u2014have eased their market pressure. The pace of their sales has noticeably slowed.<\/p>\n<p>Experts at Glassnode suggest that such market participant behavior signals a renewed confidence in the asset following the recent &#8220;shake-up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miners and Binance<\/h2>\n<p>Since October 9, miners have transferred 51,000 BTC, valued at over $5.7 billion, to the Binance exchange, according to CryptoQuant analysts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Binance Data Indicates That Since October 9, Miners Have Deposited a Total of 51K Bitcoin<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deposit of 51,000 Bitcoins within seven days represents a clear shift in miner behavior from holding to selling or liquidating.\u201d \u2013 By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArabxChain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArabxChain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qSN6WGK5bu\">pic.twitter.com\/qSN6WGK5bu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptoquant_com\/status\/1978788572372041883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The peak occurred on October 11, when over 14,000 BTC were deposited on the platform\u2014the highest daily figure since July of the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe such deposits may indicate a strategic shift from holding assets to selling or hedging. This typically creates price pressure, as mining companies have historically been among the largest holders of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>CryptoQuant added that the transfers could also be due to other reasons, such as technical movements between wallets for operational or regulatory purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the increased supply from miners, the price of Bitcoin continued to rise. Analysts suggested that institutional investor demand or <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETFs<\/a> might offset the additional selling pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Back in October, a 12% drop from the recent all-time high was <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/whales-offload-17500-btc-amid-market-decline\">attributed<\/a> by analysts to sales by large holders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small and medium-sized Bitcoin holders have intensified their accumulation following the recent market correction. Meanwhile, large investors have reduced their sales volumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Retail investors increase Bitcoin purchases; whales reduce sales.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"132","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Retail investors increase Bitcoin purchases; whales reduce sales.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89985,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89984\/revisions\/89985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}